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You can’t have it both ways on immigration

The Grenfell Tower tragedy exposes the left’s double standards about migration and the right’s meanness over taxation

After the shock comes shame and anger. But let not the anger be squandered in mere demonstrations: cue a harder-edged rage, remorse and a firm purpose of amendment. For beyond any blame decided by the public inquiry, Britain must face a wider fact, that where population, labour and immigration are concerned, we just can’t have our cake and eat it.

If you’re open to the world, if you want flexible labour and its economic benefits, there’s a price. If you feel London pride when Millwall fans and Muslims, Chinese chefs and Romanians together become heroes on London Bridge; if your eyes mist over seeing the Grenfell Tower community relief effort, then there are realities to face. Even if you just enjoy convenient urban services, tapping…